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Candida Affa, owner of the local bar Candida's, has entered the race for Allentown City Council. Affa, who used to go by the last name Svirovsky, is a member of various governmental boards in Allentown and a long-time community organizer. She is a Democrat. Affa was a founder in 1986 of Fighting AIDS Continuously Together of FACT of the Lehigh Valley, a group that raised money in support of people affected by HIV and AIDS. In 2000, Affa organized Kids That Care, an organization which paid children in her Old Allentown neighborhood to clean up area streets. A separate program founded by Affa also rewarded area children for earning good grades, according to a news release. ...

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Candida Affa, owner of the local bar Candida's, has entered the race for Allentown City Council.Affa, who used to go by the last name Svirovsky, is a member of various governmental boards in Allentown and a long-time community organizer. She is a...

An HIV-positive masseur charged with sexually assaulting a man during a massage at a parlor in west Bethlehem will face trial in Lehigh County Court.
Christopher Atanazy of Allentown gave up his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday before District...

An Upper Bucks AIDS-awareness activist was killed early Tuesday on Interstate 78 in Upper Saucon Township when a tractor-trailer crashed into his stopped vehicle.
Robert J. Burton, 52, of the 1100 block of Richlandtown Road in Richland Township was...

By the end of the year, Bethlehem-based OraSure expects to announce key research milestones in determining if its OraQuick rapid in-home HIV test can be adapted to screen patients for Ebola.The company has consulted with the federal...

Bethlehem's OraSure Technologies is examining whether technology it developed for its in-home HIV test could be used to screen for Ebola.
The company has been approached by federal agencies and private-sector entities interested in employing the...

An HIV-positive masseur sexually assaulted a man during a massage, according to Bethlehem police.Christopher Atanazy, 37, of the 100 block of North 13th Street in Allentown, was charged Monday with indecent assault and reckless endangerment. He is free...

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Consumer advocates,...

"World Hepatitis Day" — which, in case you missed it, was Sunday — may not sound like an especially festive occasion.
OraSure Technologies of Bethlehem, however, did have reason to celebrate: Last month an expert panel issued a ruling that,...

In the July 19 column on road markings and the nature of the construction work specified by different paint colors, I published a photo of a mystery marking from motorist Kevin Cupples of Moore Township, and I asked for help identifying it from anyone out ther

No question: Partying hard sells. From the ancient Romans to the 1970s pre-AIDS disco scene, uninhibited sex, excessive drinking and pounding, seductive music (well, I don’t know if the Romans actually had that) have made one heck of a party ... .

"The View" former co-host Joy Behar, will bring three workshop performances of her one-woman show, “Joy Behar: Me, My Mouth & I” to Bucks County Playhouse in May. Behar, who performed her stand-up comdey show at Sands Bethlehem Event Center ...

Did you join the crowd at Dorney Park or Coca-Cola Park this weekend for a free flu shot? If so, you had plenty of company. According to Lehigh Valley Hospital, which provided the vaccinations, here are the numbers: Dorney Park, 5,976 vaccinations; Coca Cola P

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Considering the black eye Charles Cullen gave the nursing profession when he admitted not long ago to killing 29 patients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey -- seven locally -- you'd think hospitals would be extra cautious when hiring health professionals.
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Healthy discussions will ferment this March at the Allentown Brew Works. The restaurant and brewery will host a series of seminars every Wednesday at noon to orient residents about the physical, mental and emotional aspects of human wellbeing. A blend of medic

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